2016 Juried Show

The reception for the juried show at Sylvia's Brick Oven in Lafayette, Indiana,  is over, the winners were announced.   Best of Show, Susan Doster - the Red Dress; First Place, LaDonna Vohar - 1941 Chevy Coupe; Second Place, Marilyn Martin - Last Journey; 3rd place, Becky Brody - Red Barn November; Best Watercolor, Kathryn Clarkj - Riding the Wave; Honorable Mentions: Jerri Heath - Beaded Garden; Ginger Borden - Refuge, Eileen ArthurHedda Gobbler; Isabell Peters,- Maggie.

Best Watercolor - Riding the Wave - artist, Kathryn Clark

 The exhibit can be seen during the Lafayette Art Gallery Walk, Friday, September 16th, 5:30 - 9:00  The exhibit will remain at Sylvia's until October 19th.  

Best of Show   The Red Dress - artist, Susan Doster

First Place   1941 Chevy Coupe - artist,  LaDonna Vohar

2nd Place - Last Journey - Artist, Marilyn Martin

3rd Place - Red Barn November - Artist, Rebecca Brody

Honorable Mention - Beaded Garden - Artist, Jerri Heath

Honorable Mention - Hedda Gobbler - Artist Eileen Arthur

Honorable Mention - Refuge - Artist Ginger Borden

Honorable Mention - Maggie - Artist, Isabell Peters

Annual 2016 Juried Show

It's that time of year - juried show time!

The venue for the exhibit this year will be at Sylvia's Brick Oven, 625 Columbia Street, Lafayette, Indiana, September 12 - October 19th.  This is an opportunity for the public to enjoy the creative work of local artists.



The WVAS juried show reception is Monday, September 12, 5;30 - 7:30 at Sylvia's Brick Oven, Lafayette. Refreshments will be provided, cash bar. A reminder to members to drop off your paintings at TAF, this Thursday from 11 - 4.

Are you a Renaissance soul?

I've recently reread Margaret Lobenstine's The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One. 

Simply put, Renaissance souls are people who have lots of different interests but who often get stuck in finding a way to make progress in any of them. Lobenstine presents lots of tools and strategies for finetuning your ideas so you can move forward in chosen areas.

I've always been a list maker and paper calendar keeper. As a self-employed person, organization and meeting deadlines is my middle name. Even so, some of her strategies have been really useful as I move from a full-time indexing career into rewiring for a more arts-focused life.

As is the case in most books of this sort, some ideas were more personally applicable than others. If you've found yourself with too many interest areas and not enough forward movement--and that does not mean focusing on one thing but balancing your time among several passions--she has some tools for you to try.

I read the 2006 edition; there is a newer edition available. I suspect you could easily find a copy of one or the other at your local library or a used copy at your favorite used bookstore.

2016 Juried Show

 The annual juried show is coming up very soon.  Hopefully, everyone is creating their entries.  All of the information is found on the prospectus!

August 2016 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, August 16th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm we will be meeting to elect officers and paint original cards that will be available for purchase at the 2016 Juried Show.  Cards provided.  Bring your own art supplies.

Note the change of venue for our meetings from now on - the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette. http://www.artlafayette.org/

Ian Ramsay

This watercolorist popped up on the Lines and Colors blog. You may have seen his work in magazines as well. He paints a lot of street scenes, boats, and evocative rural scenes, like this one:



Check him out: http://ianramsay.blogspot.com/
http://linesandcolors.com/2016/07/18/ian-ramsay/

Brandywine River Museum

Noted on Lines and Colors blog, the Brandywine River Museum is hosting two fab landscape exhibits, one of which showcases the Hudson River School painters.

http://www.brandywine.org/museum/exhibitions/current

Click on "read more" for each exhibit and you'll see a few works from them. One example, a brilliant fall landscape by Bierstadt.